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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1899-01-21 · Played 1921–1933 · Career WAR 14.3 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1921	CIN	NL	82	297	38	82	10	3	1	41	2	3	8	13	.276	.304	.340	.644	0.0
1922	CIN	NL	81	291	55	105	20	3	4	45	7	8	14	18	.361	.390	.491	.881	2.8
1923	CIN	NL	65	237	33	66	11	4	3	28	4	0	9	16	.278	.310	.397	.707	0.8
1924	CIN	NL	20	57	5	13	2	1	0	9	1	0	4	4	.228	.279	.298	.577	0.1
1925	PHI	NL	126	467	78	149	30	5	7	60	6	2	21	42	.319	.352	.450	.802	0.8
1927	CLE	AL	112	428	60	133	20	7	2	40	12	4	12	17	.311	.333	.404	.737	0.9
1928	CLE	AL	75	263	38	86	19	4	3	36	4	2	13	17	.327	.361	.464	.825	1.8
1929	CLE	AL	148	566	97	209	44	15	6	103	19	11	50	23	.369	.427	.532	.959	5.6
1930	CLE	AL	40	129	20	36	9	2	0	17	1	0	7	7	.279	.316	.380	.696	0.0
1931	CLE	AL	26	108	21	40	9	1	1	14	3	2	8	7	.370	.419	.500	.919	2.2
1931	CHA	AL	121	465	65	139	26	5	2	71	4	4	32	22	.299	.348	.389	.737
1932	CHA	AL	18	37	0	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	7	.135	.158	.162	.320	-0.7
1933	CHA	AL	23	59	8	12	2	0	2	15	1	0	7	6	.203	.288	.339	.627	0.0
Total			937	3404	518	1075	203	50	31	485	64	36	186	199	.316	.351	.432	.783	14.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1932	CHA	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	0.0
Total			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	0.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1921	CIN	NL	1B	16	150	6	1	11
1921	CIN	NL	2B	50	125	149	11	20
1921	CIN	NL	OF	16	32	0	2	0
1922	CIN	NL	2B	71	197	251	14	40
1923	CIN	NL	1B	14	129	7	2	10
1923	CIN	NL	2B	45	123	169	13	27
1924	CIN	NL	1B	6	51	3	1	1
1924	CIN	NL	2B	10	11	27	0	3
1925	PHI	NL	1B	55	498	26	3	37
1925	PHI	NL	2B	69	150	219	17	31
1927	CLE	AL	1B	13	118	1	1	9
1927	CLE	AL	2B	96	229	304	15	51
1928	CLE	AL	1B	56	541	41	0	65
1928	CLE	AL	2B	1	1	4	0	0
1928	CLE	AL	3B	15	11	32	3	1
1928	CLE	AL	SS	4	0	1	0	1
1929	CLE	AL	1B	147	1486	107	8	141
1930	CLE	AL	1B	28	274	24	6	15
1930	CLE	AL	3B	6	3	6	3	0
1931	CLE	AL	1B	26	284	15	2	18
1931	CHA	AL	1B	2	5	0	0	1
1931	CHA	AL	2B	21	46	49	2	8
1931	CHA	AL	3B	1	0	0	0	0
1931	CHA	AL	OF	95	183	4	5	1
1932	CHA	AL	OF	8	14	2	0	1
1932	CHA	AL	P	1	0	0	0	0
1933	CHA	AL	1B	12	138	12	0	15
Total				884	4799	1459	109	507

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1929	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No
1950	BBWAA	2	126	No
1956	BBWAA	2	145	No
1958	BBWAA	3	200	No
1960	BBWAA	3	202	No
1980	Veterans			No
1982	Veterans			No

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1932-07-11	Manager	Balls and strikes
1933-08-15	Manager	Fair/foul call